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EN AC-44000 Aluminum vs. EN 1.6587 Steel

EN AC-44000 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.6587 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN AC-44000 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.6587 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 51
160 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 71
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 27
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 180
520 to 1420

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 560
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
440
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 590
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 590
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 910
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 140
41
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 21
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 36
7.6
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 130
8.8

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.5
3.8
Density, g/cm3 2.5
7.9
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 7.8
1.7
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
22
Embodied Water, L/kg 1070
58

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 16
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 55
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 20
18 to 50
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28
18 to 36
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 61
11
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 8.4
15 to 42

Alloy Composition


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Aluminum (Al), % 87.1 to 90
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0
0.15 to 0.21
Chromium (Cr), % 0
1.5 to 1.8
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 0.19
94.4 to 96.4
Magnesium (Mg), % 0 to 0.45
0
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.1
0.5 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.25 to 0.35
Nickel (Ni), % 0
1.4 to 1.7
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 10 to 11.8
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.15
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.070
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.1
0